The problem is that the US Government is restricting a substance which is not only less harmful to humans then caffine, but also has known medicinal benefits.
It is important to address this issue because marijuana prohibition has failed thus far, so if we cannot beat it we should accept it as a part of society like Amsterdam has and gain from it.
The people who are affected by this are glocoma patients, people with cateracs, those with suppressed appitite from AIDS and many other sickly people. People with diseases such as this outside of the 15 states (and DC) cannot get access to legalized medical marijuana. Even within the states that it is legal, the federal law which makes it a criminal offense still is in effect.
People might disagree that it should be legalized because we already suffer from the negative effects of alcohol and cigarettes and we should not add another drug to the marketplace.
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